Spring for buggy-boots



No. 750,927. PATENTED FEB. 2, 1904.

G. T. WILSON.

SPRING FOR BUGGY BOOTS.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 19. 1903.

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UNITED STATES GEORGE T. WILSON, OF MOLINE, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO Patented February 2, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

EDGAR H. WILSON, OF MOLINE, ILLINOIS.

SPRING FOR BUGGY-BOOTS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 750,927, dated February 2, 1904.

Application filed September 19, 1903. Serial No. 173,909. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that LGEORGE T. W1LsoN,a citizen of the United States, residing at-Moline, in the county of Rock Island and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Springs for Buggy-Boots; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in spring attachments for carriage-boots; and it has for its object, among others, the provision of a standard which is substantially midway of the carriage-boot, said standard being provided with a pivoted springactuated arm and stopping means to limit the upward throw of the arm, and a rod one end of which is connected to the free end of said arm and its opposite end attached to the under side of the top of a carriage-boot, whereby when the top is raised the rods will travel in a vertical plane and insure a direct downward pull to the top and serve to hold the top securely in place.

To these ends and to such others as the invention may pertain the same consists inthe novel construction and in the peculiar arrangement, combination, and adaptation of parts, all as will be more fully hereinafter described, shown in the accompanying drawings, and then specifically defined in the appended claim.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, which, with the let ters of reference marked thereon, form a part of this specification, and in which Figure 1 is a vertical section of a carriageboot, showing my improved device applied thereto; and Fig. 2 is an enlarged detail in perspective of my device, the same being taken on the opposite side of that shown in Fig. 1.

Reference now being had to the details of the drawings by letter, Adesignates the carriageboot, which is provided with a standard B, disposed substantially midway of said boot and having a base-plate C provided with apertures C for the reception of screws D, which are provided for securing the standard to the bottom of the boot. Pivoted to the upper end of the standard B is an arm B, having a circular head B said head being provided with an integral lug B which abuts against a shoulder E and serves to limit the upward throw of said arm. This arm B is provided with an offset F, which is bent at right angles to the length of the arm, as shown at F, said oflset being provided with an aperture F with which is engaged one end of a spring Gr, the opposite end of said spring being attached to a similar offset E, which is integral with the standard B. Attached to the free end of the arm B is a rod H, having pivotal connection, as at H,with the under side of the top H of the carriageoot.

From the foregoing description the operation and advantages claimed will be readily understood. It will be seen that the pull of the rod H in closing the top being directly downward will serve to insure a direct closing of the top, and the tension of the spring connections will serve to securely hold the top in place when closed. It will be seen that the swing of the arm B is upon the arc of a circle,

having the pivotal point of the arm as a center, the result of which being that the force of the spring will be imparted in such a manner that when the spring passes the pivotal point of the arm B the tendency of the spring will be to throw the lug upon said arm into engagement with the shoulder on the standard, and thus serve to hold the carriage-boot open.

Although I have shown and described a specific construction, it is at once evident that the same may be modified within certain limits without departing from the spirit of my invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In combination with a buggy-box and boot secured thereto, a vertical standard within the boot substantially at its longitudinal center, a vertical standard secured to the bottom of the boot, said standard having an oflset, a swinging arm pivoted to the standard and having an oifset adapted to cofjperate with a spring dis- In testimony whereof I hereunto afiix my posed between said pfisets, a rod connecting signature in presence of two witnesses. theveover or the carriage-boot to the swinging GEORGE T WILSON arm, said rod being adapted to travel in a Verti cal plane in its upward throw, and means for Witnesses:

limiting the upward throw, substantially as EUGENE CALLISON, described and for the purpose specified. R. J. GREEN. 

